Mule Dry Fire
The Mule Dry Fire burned 46,802 acres in Washington, in 2000. It was discovered on August 23, 2000, and contained on August 28, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 46,802 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2000
- Contained
- August 28, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 90,233 acres. Point of origin as reported, 46.081, -120.385.
The record
- Reported final size
- 46,802 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 90,233 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2000, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2000, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Washington
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Yakama Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Part of
- Sixprong Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Sixprong Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- WA4596412011120000823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-450772
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Washington in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Command Fire | 163,884 | Jun 27, 2000 | Human |
| Range Fire | 10,323 | Jun 23, 2000 | Human |
| Rocky Hull Fire | 9,404 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Buffalo Lake Fire | 9,286 | Aug 6, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,864 | Sep 19, 2000 | |
| Goodnoe Fire | 6,500 | Jul 26, 2000 | |
| Alderdale Fire | 6,080 | Jul 17, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,400 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,481 | Sep 27, 2000 | |
| Mahoney Fire | 2,197 | ||
| Baird Fire | 2,000 | Jul 8, 2000 | Human |
| Cheyne Rd Fire | 1,818 | May 26, 2000 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.